Fred Flintstone | The Flintstones | Fandom powered by Wikia Personality and occupation Fred and Barney in Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Fred's personality was based on that of Ralph Kramden of the 1950s television series The Honeymooners and Chester A. Riley from The Life of Riley. Thus, much like Ralph, Fred tends to be loud-mouthed, aggressive, and constantly scheming ways to improve his family's working class lot in life, often with unintended results. Archie Bunker of All in the Family & Archie Bunker's Place and George Jefferson of The Jeffersons also have similar personalities based on Fred Flintstone. Fred is a typical blue-collar worker, who works as a "bronto crane operator" at Slate Rock and Gravel Company (also known as Rockhead and Quarry Cave Construction Company in the earliest episodes). However, when their children become teenagers, Fred and Barney join the Bedrock police force. Fred and Barney even coached two baseball teams as well.

The Flintstone family came from "Arkenstone" where they had been engaged in a feud with the "Hatrock" family which had been caused by an ancestor of Fred's making a wisecrack of a Hatrock family portrait ("I don't know what the artist got for doing that painting but he should have gotten life"). In " The Bedrock Hillbillies ", the feud is ended when Fred helps save a Hatrock baby (and Pebbles) from going over a waterfall only to start up again when Fred makes the very same wisecrack. In " The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes ", when the "Hatrock" family visited the Flintstone family and being friends, until when Bug Music was played & the Hatrocks can't stand the Bug Music. The last of the Arkenstone Flintstones was Fred's Great-uncle Zeke Flintstone. Other Flintstone relatives were Giggles Flintstone - a rich eccentric practical joker whose jokes drive Fred into a mad rage; an "Uncle Tex" and his sister "Aunt Jamima". Fred in Flintstones the Movie. Fred's interests include bowling, playing pool, poker and lounging around the house, and playing golf.

At the first two of these, he is very skilled, as seen in one of the episodes where he plays against Wilma's unsuspecting mother. Fred has won championships with his incredible bowling skills. In " Bowling Ballet ", he goes so far as to take ballet lessons in order to improve his game which led to his nickname "Twinkletoes". The nickname of "Twinkletoes" stuck with him when Fred attended a local college and became eligible to play on their football team, and it became his call sign. Fred is also an excellent golfer. In " The Golf Champion ", he wins the championship only to have Barney repossess the winning trophy cup because Fred is behind in his dues. Fred, like Barney, was also a member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos Lodge (named "the Loyal Order of Dinosaurs" in an early episode). Fred also has a serious gambling problem; the mere mention of the word "bet" causes Fred to stammer "bet" over and over again and go on gambling binges. The original series had several stories regarding TV with Fred as a dupe.

In one, Fred makes a fool of himself trying to give Wilma acting lessons after she wins a TV appearance – only for the only part of her to appear on TV is her hands. In another, when Fred wins a TV appearance he tries to act like a "Stage parent" - until he comes down with stage fright. A third time Fred appears on a TV commercial in a non speaking role as a "before" picture of a person before going on a diet. Once, Fred even appeared in a movie, but merely as a stunt double. Fred's catchphrase "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!" (originally derived from the Brylcreem advertising jingle motto "A Little Dab'll Do Ya!"), becomes the subject of a song by Hoagy Carmichael that the singer-songwriter performs in an episode of The Flintstones. Fred's ability to carry a tune was quite good in his younger years. One early episode was where he did a jam with his musician friend " Hot Lips Hannigan ", (with Barney, who is apparently a skilled drummer) where his singing caused teenage girls to swoon over him.

In fact, in one of the earliest episodes, " The Girls Night Out ", he recorded a demo record at a carnival of the song "Listen to the Mockingbird", which ended up making him a star whereupon he took the stage name of "Hi Fye" and toured for two weeks with Wilma, Barney, and Betty. Fred, as Hi Fye, was a hit until Wilma and Betty tired of road life and told teenagers the truth, that Fred was actually a square. As the series progressed, however, his voice became worse and worse, eventually to the point that his housekeeper quit rather than having to hear Fred sing. It was also referenced in the refrain of the 1989 George Jones song, "The King is Gone (And So are You)." Also in the Flintstones show credits, Fred would beat on the door and scream, "WILMA!" Due to his impulsive and short-tempered behavior and stubborn and naive nature, Fred Flintstone seems to be accident-prone. He is able to create the biggest confusion, even with the most innocent and mundane action.

Fred is mainly a kind man, although he gets angry quite a lot, usually when Barney teases and annoys Fred, or even laughs at him by going. Ah heh heh heh heh heh heh. Other than that, Fred can have other emotions too. His laugh is Ho heh he he he he. He starts crying in some episodes, like The Babysitters, when Barney tears up the tickets, in Dino Dissappears, when Dino runs away, and The House that Fred Built, when Fred discovers that 1,000 bucks down the drain wasn't funny anymore. Positive Qualities Despite his apparently anti-social character, Fred's actions are shown to be usually free of any malice. And, although he almost constantly shouts and irritates the people around him, Fred proves to be a friendly person; often going out of his way to help someone. Although Fred often annoys Wilma with his immaturity, he proves to be a very caring and loving husband and father. Flintstone is even known to go to great lengths to please his family or apologize when he goes too far. Fred is also devoted to his daughter and cares for her more than Wilma herself.

He can be overprotective with her at times though. Family According to " The Flintstone Kids " (which is non-canon), he is shown to be the son of Ed and Edna Flintstone . In its TV special, it is shown that he has a cool cousin from HollyRock who has a band of his own and not only doesn't use drugs, he is in a "Just Say No" club, eventually inspiring Wilma to start one of her own. Physical Appearance Fred is a portly caveman. He has black hair and a large nose. He wears an orange loin cloth with black spots and a blue tie. Appearances 10 Neat Facts About The Flintstones (on their 50th anniversary) - Neatorama Neatorama • 3 On September 30th, 1960, Americans sat down to watch the premiere of a prime-time animated series called The Flintstones. Fifty years later, Fred and his gang are remembered as our favorite cavemen. The Hanna-Barbera production ran for six seasons and is still a part of our pop culture landscape. 1. Today's Google doodle honors The Flintstones anniversary. After today, you'll find it in their archives . 2.

The characters of The Flintstones were greatly influenced by the 1954-56 hit TV series The Honeymooners , starring Jackie Gleason and Art Carney as working class neighbors. Blowhard Fred Flintstone was very like Gleason's character Ralph Kramden, goofy sidekick Barney Rubble resembled Carney's character Ed Norton, and their wives Wilma and Betty had the practical personalities of the wives in The Honeymooners. Jackie Gleason considered suing Hanna-Barbera, but did not want to go down in history as "the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air". 3. The show's gimmick, besides being a rare prime-time cartoon, was that the Flintstone family had everyday modern situations set in prehistoric times. There was no electricity, no internal-combustion engines, and no shoes, but the characters still had modern conveniences like dishwashers and phonographs. All these appliances were powered by captive animals (including dinosaurs). The heavy equipment Fred and Barney worked with was powered by pulleys, and their cars were powered by "the courtesy of Fred's two feet." 4. Most of the series' comedy came from puns about rocks.

The Flintstones lived in the town of Bedrock. Fred worked for a boss named Mr. Slate. Guest stars on the show had "rock" names . And who can forget the celebrities? "Cary Granite" (Cary Grant), "Stony Curtis" (Tony Curtis), "Ed Sulleyrock/Sulleystone" (Ed Sullivan), "Rock Pile/Quarry/Hudstone" (Rock Hudson) and "Ann-Margrock" (Ann-Margret) all had cameos. (RIP Tony Curtis ) The exception was Tuesday Weld, whose "Bedrock" name was Tuesday Wednesday. 5. The show had some interesting casting : the man of a thousand voices, Mel Blanc played Barney Rubble for most of the series' run, and provided the sounds of Fred's pet dinosaur Dino. Actress Bea Benedaret , who you might remember as the owner of the Shady Rest Hotel on Petticoat Junction and cousin Pearl on The Beverly Hillbillies did the voice for Barney's wife Betty Rubble. Funnyman Harvey Korman joined the cast in 1965 as the voice of The Great Gazoo . 6.

In the first two seasons of The Flintstones, the opening theme was different from the theme song you remember ( Meet the Flintstones ). The original song, which had no lyrics, was called "Rise and Shine", and was also used for the show's closing credits . ( YouTube link ) 7. The show contained several breakthroughs for network television. It was the first prime-time animated series on American television. After the Flintstones' daughter Pebbles was born, Betty Rubble was depressed about her inability to conceive a child. This was the first time an animated show addressed the issue of infertility. The Rubbles then adopted their son Bamm-Bamm. The "first" that most people associate with the show was the fact that Fred and Wilma slept in the same bed. However, this was not the first American depiction of such sleeping arrangements; that was in the 1947 sitcom Mary Kay and Johnny , which few people saw, considering how many people owned TV sets in the 1940s. However, Fred and Wilma were the first couple to sleep together in a cartoon. 8. While under development, the series had several names . First, the show was going to be called The Flagstones.

Then it was The Gladstones. Finally, it was The Flintstones, and couldn't be changed after the series premiered. However, an episode called The Flagstones was made to demonstrate the idea to potential financial backers. ( YouTube link ) 9. Flintstones Vitamins are a childhood staple now, when I was a child, every kid wanted Chocks. Bayer produced Chocks, the first chewable children's vitamin in 1960. The Flintstones line of vitamins began in 1968 when Chocks took on the shapes of the characters from The Flintstones TV series. Everyone noticed that Betty Rubble was missing, and the company did not add her to the vitamin lineup until 1995! Two cereals, Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles, were named after the daughter the Flintstones gave birth to during the series. They are still sold in grocery stores. 9. The success of The Flintstones led directly to the creation of another Hanna-Barbera prime-time cartoon, The Jetsons . The comedy was just about the same as The Flintstones, except the main characters were set in a futuristic world of flying cars and robot maids instead of foot-powered cars and animal appliances.

As The Flintstones were seen as a copy of The Honeymooners, this new animated series was seen as a copy of the comic and movie series Blondie. The Jetsons premiered in 1962, but only 24 episodes were produced. Those same 24 episodes were later shown on Saturday morning TV, over and over, for many years. (Reconstruction by Kennis and Kennis, photgraph by Joe McNally/National Geographic) 10. National Geographic has a roundup of links on Neanderthals for the 50th anniversary of The Flintstones. In 2008, they did an extensive article on Neanderthals which included reconstructions of what they might look like. The NatGeo staff nicknamed this one "Wilma", in honor of Fred Flintstone's wife. Fred Flintstone | Uncyclopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia ~ Oscar Wilde Fred and Barney "taking five" with Yabba Dabba Doobies . For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article very remotely related to Fred Flintstone . Frederick W.

"Fred" Flintstone (born February 6, 19560 B.C.) was a popular stand-up comedian and actor all the way back in the Stone Age . He starred in the hit 19,600s B.C. television sitcom The Flintstones , styled in the plural because his twenty-stone girth gave producers the mistaken impression there were five or six of him. Despite growing up sedimentary, Fred always thought of himself as a bit of a rolling-stone. As a comedian, he specialized in very schist slapstick, rocky puns, and entire routines chiseled around wife beating ; back in the prehistoric era when it used to make audiences laugh rather than get chippy. Fred often sold out all the shows at the clubs he performed in, and in awe of his success, CBS gave The Flintstones a coveted spot on prime time television. Contents edit Early life Flintstone was abandoned at birth in the petrifying swamps of New Rock City. He was quickly taken in by a local quarry, where he spent most of his childhood at rock-bottom with a chisel.

Fred soon befriended fellow orphan Barney Rubble, son of a stoner father and a mother who liked to get her rocks off with anyone prepared to give her a hewing. One day, while Fred and Barney were enjoying too many JD's on... ice, they watched the first episode of new experimental comedy Scooby Doo . The lead dog's catch-phrase: "Scooby-dooby-doooooo!" stuck instantly with Fred, and he constantly annoyed the other orphans with his signature catch phrase; until Hanna Barbra threatened to use a coyote to blow him up with some ACME TNT and a plunger, if he did not come up with something original. Fred changed the "Scooby-dooby" to "Yabba-dabba" and viola, an original catchphrase. In his early 20s, Fred met Wilma Slaghoople on a trip to Rock Vegas . Falling instantly in love, he had to get hammered to get boulder to the point he could ask her on a date. The two hit it off instantly, and were married in a 24 hour drive-thru church. The new couple flew back to Chipping Sodbury to celebrate their honeymoon.

Wilma became pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl. Fred and Wilma decided to name her Lucretia Flintstone, based on the name of the letter carrier , with whom the baby coincidentally shared hair color. edit Rise to fame In 196000 B.C., Fred starred on a sitcom titled The Flintstones . It had the highest ratings of any show on CBS ; they experienced a drastic rise in viewers, following their excellent coverage of the assassination of Czar Raphael "Boulder" DeBrix. Fred became the richest man of his day, with a net worth of an estimated $67 billion clams. The Flintstones' theme song received immense airplay on FM radio, and many listeners requested it for BCE to come. edit Controversy In 1959 B.C., Flintstone was issued a restraining order for arriving at his home hammered at 2 a.m. and reportedly screaming at his wife. Bedrock Probate Court appointed an attorney, who said Flintstone's defense would be that he was merely rehearsing an episode of The Flintstones dealing with Wilma's purchase of a risqué new dress with revealing holes in the pelt.

To charges that he verbally abused Wilma, Flintstone's public defender insists that that is a running gag in the TV program and that witnesses should have known that the steamrollers with ladders coming out of the sun-roofs with men holding squarish rocks were "filming" the rehearsal. edit Decline Not unknown to the public, Fred and Barney also shared a stoning addiction. They would often be stoning for hours before performances. Wilma states that during one show, while Fred was running in his car, he collapsed of hunger. Checking into Bedrock's sole Rockhab Clinic turned into a recurring comedy device on The Flintstones. Unfortunately, at about the same time, the show began losing viewers, eroded by the new experimental comedy, Scooby Doo . CBS tried many new gimmicks to bolster ratings, such as celebrity guest stars, a more modern theme, and full frontal nudity, introduced at first using the family's pet dinosaur . These tricks slowed the loss of audience, until Scooby Doo "bared it all" as well. Soon after, The Flintstones was canceled and Flintstone had to eke out a living on his Residuals from reruns.

Wilma Flintstone | Hanna-Barbera Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Her best friends were her next door neighbors, Betty and Barney Rubble . Controversy Wilma's maiden name has been a source of dispute. Several early episodes in the original series clearly stated Wilma's maiden name was "Pebble." In the episode "The Entertainer" (P-44), Wilma's old friend Greta Gravel remembers her as "Wilma Pebble". Again, in "Dial S for Suspicion" (P-74), one of Wilma's old boyfriends Rodney Whetstone calls her "Wilma Pebble." It could be possible that Pebble is her middle name. This wouldn't be illogical, due to the potential difficulty of pronouncing Slaghoople. However, later episodes and spin-offs also firmly state her maiden name was indeed "Slaghoople," based upon the name of Wilma's mother in the original series, Pearl Slaghoople . Flintstones' writer Earl Kress explained the discrepancy as such: "[I]t's just as simple as (Hanna-Barbera) not caring about the continuity." Maybe Mr.

Slaghoople was Pearl's second husband and he adopted Wilma when they married. In The Flintstones movie when Wilma is leaving Fred to live with her Mother, Fred shouts "Come back here Wilma Slaghoople". "Sufflehooper" was also used at least one time Wilma and Fred's daughter is named "Pebbles" after Wilma's maiden surname. Marriage Wilma loves Fred very much, but he isn't always easy to get on with, but she always knows Fred's heart is in the right place and tries his best to be a loving husband and father. In the first few episodes of the series, particularly the first episode, Wilma (as is Betty) is portrayed as a domestically abusive wife, throwing a tantrum and physically assaulting her husband (or at least attempting to do so) upon discovering that he and Barney had fooled her and Betty so that they could go bowling, despite the fact that Fred had a bandaged head injury to the point that he and Barney actually run away on the Flintstone Flyer, and even after six hours, she and Betty show no remorse for their behaviour and look forward to hurting their husbands again once they land.

Also, in the same episode, she and Betty are shown to be willing to assault their husbands violently in public without second thoughts, demonstrated when they bash Fred and Barney over the heads with their heavy handbags in the bowling alley in front of their teammates and several other players. In subsequent episodes, she is shown to get angry but never harms Fred seriously, often lecturing him or slapping him for his exceptionally bad behaviour. For example, in the 23rd episode of Season 2, Wilma can be seen biting Fred's finger when he points at her. She and Fred argue often because of Fred's laziness, and because Fred sometimes flirts with other women. In The Flintstones , Fred's gorgeous secretary seduces him very often, and Wilma walks in and sees Fred drooling over her half naked body while she sexually entices him. In A Flintstones Christmas Carol, Wilma gets upset at Fred for forgetting Pebbles and being an idiot, but she favors him at the end of the film. In Flintstones: On the Rocks, her and Fred's marriage is not working out and they consider a divorce, but they reconcile at the end.

Portrayal Jean Vander Pyl was the original voice artist of Wilma until her death in 1999. [1] Since then, Tress MacNeille has taken over as Wilma's voice even when she voiced her in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law . Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flintstone In the live-action film The Flintstones , Wilma was played by Elizabeth Perkins (although in the film, Vander Pyl made a cameo at Fred's Surprise party for being promoted at the Quarry in the conga line behind Dino ). In the prequel film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas , she was played by Kristen Johnston . Wilma Flintstone | The Flintstones | Fandom powered by Wikia Stony Flinstone (adopted son) Wilma Flintstone (maiden name Pebble or Slaghoople—see below) is a fictional character in the television animated series The Flintstones . She is the beautiful red-headed wife of caveman Fred Flintstone , daughter of Pearl Slaghoople , mother of Pebbles Flintstone and grandmother to Roxy and Chip Rubble. Her best friends were her next door neighbors, Betty and Barney Rubble .

Wilma's personality was based on that of Alice Kramden , wife of Ralph Kramden on the 1950s television series The Honeymooners . Thus, much like Alice, Wilma played the strong-willed, level-headed person in her marriage, often criticizing Fred for pursuing his various ill-fated schemes. Wilma would also often be the one to bail out Fred when one of his schemes landed him in trouble. Contents [ show ] Fictional character biography While the mid-1980s spin-off series The Flintstone Kids depicts Wilma as a child, the series seems to be mostly apocryphal due to its presenting Wilma as a childhood friend of Fred and Barney (the original series asserted that they met as young adults) as well as using the last name Slaghoople instead of the original Pebbles. Still, the series' depictions that Wilma had younger sisters and that her father—who apparently died by the time Wilma reached adulthood—ran a prehistoric computer business might be taken as valid. Wilma did mention having a married sister in the sixth season. As a young adult, Wilma worked with Betty as cigarette girls/waitresses at a resort.

There, they first met and fell in love with their future husbands, Fred and Barney (who were working there as bellhops). Wilma's mother, Pearl Pebbles Slaghoople, also met her future son-in-law, and took a disliking toward Fred (and vice-versa), starting a long-lasting rivalry between the two. Eventually, Wilma and Fred were married, and Wilma became a homemaker, keeping house with such prehistoric aids as a baby elephant vacuum cleaner, pelican washing machine, and so forth. She was also a good cook. One of her specialties was Gravelberry Pie - the recipe for which she eventually sold to the Safestone supermarket chain. Wilma also enjoyed volunteering for various charitable and women's organizations in Bedrock, shopping, and (occasionally) getting to meet the celebrities of their world, including " Tony Curtis ", Rock Quarry and Cary Grant . By Noyan Deniz Yalçınkaya In the original series' third season, Wilma became pregnant, and gave birth to the couple's only child, Pebbles.

When Pebbles was a teenager, Wilma (along with Betty) gained employment as a reporter for one of Bedrock's newspapers, the Daily Granite (a spoof of the Daily Planet of Superman fame), under the editorial guidance of Lou Granite (a parody of The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Lou Grant ). While employed there, she shared various adventures with prehistoric superhero Captain Caveman, who (in a secret identity) also worked for the newspaper (a la Clark Kent). Later still, after Pebbles grew up and left home, Wilma started a successful catering business with her neighbor and friend Betty, before becoming a grandmother to Pebbles' twin children, Chip and Roxy. Physical Appearance Wilma is an unbearably beautiful and very attractive cavewoman. She and Betty both tied in several beauty contests. She has swirly orange hair, wears a white loin cloth/dress, a pearl necklace, and red lipstick (in some specials and shows it's pink). Another notable thing about Wilma is that she has black dots for eyes. Maiden name controversy: Pebble or Slaghoople? File:Harikalar Diyari Flintstones 06020 nevit.jpg Wilma's maiden name has been a source of dispute.

Several early episodes in the original series clearly stated Wilma's maiden name was "Pebble." In the episode "The Entertainer" (P-44), Wilma's old friend Greta Gravel remembers her as "Wilma Pebble". Again, in "Dial S for Suspicion" (P-74), one of Wilma's old boyfriends Rodney Whetstone calls her "Wilma Pebble." It could be possible that Pebble is her middle name. This wouldn't be illogical, due to the potential difficulty of pronouncing Slaghoople. However, later episodes and spin-offs also firmly state her maiden name was indeed "Slaghoople," based upon the name of Wilma's mother in the original series, Pearl Slaghoople . Flintstones' writer Earl Kress explained the discrepancy as such: "[I]t's just as simple as [Hanna-Barbera] not caring about the continuity." Maybe Mr. Slaghoople was Pearl's second husband and he adopted Wilma when they married. In The Flintstones movie, when Wilma is leaving Fred to live with her Mother, Fred shouts "Come back here, Wilma Slaghoople".

("Sufflehooper" was also used at least once.) Wilma and Fred's daughter is named "Pebbles" after Wilma's maiden surname. Marriage In the first few episodes of the series, particularly the first episode, Wilma (as is Betty) is portrayed as a domestically abusive wife, throwing a tantrum and physically assaulting her husband (or at least attempting to do so) upon discovering that he and Barney had fooled her and Betty so that they could go bowling, despite the fact that Fred had a bandaged head injury to the point that he and Barney actually run away on the Flintstone Flyer, and even after six hours, she and Betty show no remorse for their behaviour and look forward to hurting their husbands again once they land. Also, in the same episode, she and Betty are shown to be willing to assault their husbands violently in public without second thoughts, demonstrated when they bash Fred and Barney over the heads with their heavy handbags in the bowling alley in front of their teammates and several other players. In subsequent episodes, she is shown to get angry but never harms Fred seriously, often lecturing him or slapping him for his exceptionally bad behaviour.

For example, in the 21st episode of Season 2, Wilma can be seen biting Fred's finger when he points at her. She and Fred argue often because of Fred's laziness, and because Fred sometimes flirts with other women. In the 1994 live-action film The Flintstones , Fred's gorgeous secretary seduces him very often, and Wilma walks in and sees Fred drooling over her half naked body while she sexually entices him. In A Flintstones Christmas Carol, Wilma gets upset at Fred for forgetting Pebbles and being an idiot, but she favors him at the end of the film. In Flintstones: On the Rocks, her and Fred's marriage is not working out and they consider a divorce, but they reconcile at the end. Gallery Wilma Flintstone/Gallery Portrayal Jean Vander Pyl was the original voice artist of Wilma until her death in 1999. [1] Since then, Tress MacNeille has taken over as Wilma's voice even when she voiced her in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law . In The Flintstone Kids , Wilma was voiced by Julie McWhirter Dees and Elizabeth Lyn Frasier at different points.

In the live-action film The Flintstones , Wilma was played by Elizabeth Perkins (although in the film, Vander Pyl made a cameo at Fred's Surprise party for being promoted at the Quarry in the conga line behind Dino ). In the prequel film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas , she was played by Kristen Johnston . The Flintstones @ The Cartoon Scrapbook M odeled after the popular sitcom The Honeymooners but set in prehistoric times, The Flintstones was prime-time's first successful animated series. Married couple Fred and Wilma Flintstone shared their home on Cobblestone Lane in the Stone Age town of Bedrock with their pet dinosaur Dino and were best friends with next-door neighbors Barney and Betty Rubble, who played almost as prominent a role in the series as Fred and Wilma. Stories rarely involved less than all four of the main characters. Early man may have sheltered in caves and used stone tools for hunting, but The Flintstones took the meaning of the Stone Age to a whole new level. Houses, furniture, wheels, bowls, newspapers and the like were all made of stone.

The names of people and places reflected this theme, most incorporating a reference to "stone" or "rock." Dinosaurs took the place of most modern-day machinery or appliances that require power to operate, being employed as vacuum cleaners, moving cranes, food disposal units, dusters, intercom go-betweens and phonograph needles among other things. A running gag used throughout the series had a dinosaur thus employed make a comment directly to the audience after performing a service, usually about the difficulty or underappreciated quality of its job. Fred worked for the Bedrock Quarry & Gravel Company, under the watchful and uncompromising eye of his boss Mr. Slate. He and Barney spent much of their recreational time at the bowling alley, pool hall or watching the fights on TV. They were also proud members of the "Loyal Order of Water Buffalos," a men-only club whose dress code required members to wear a large blue hat with buffalo horns attached. The Lodge's main purpose seems to have been to allow its members an excuse to shirk their domestic responsibilities and get together with the guys. Fred was good natured at heart, but that didn't prevent his stubborn, short tempered and selfish side from revealing itself on a regular basis.

But it was these very qualities that made Fred interesting, identifiable and ultimately endeared him to fans. The outlandish circumstances he landed in were in most episodes a direct result of the irresponsible actions or surreptitious schemes Fred conjured up to do something he knew full well his wife would disapprove ofï¿½ if she found out. Being a good friend, Barney, who was much more responsible than Fred, could be coaxed into going along with his friend's ideas, only to be dragged down with Fred when things inevitably backfired. Despite consistently landing in hot water with their wives, episodes usually ended on a feel-good note, with the two showing regret for their actions or listening to their conscience and ultimately doing what was right, reminding the girls why they loved their husbands. Only occasionally were the roles reversed, with Wilma and Betty landing themselves in trouble with their husbands. The show reached a milestone in its third season when the Flintstones had a baby girl named Pebbles. This change marked a subtle shift in the storylines, when Fred's misadventures began to stem more from unlucky happenstance or misunderstandings than from his irresponsible behavior.

Early in season four the Rubbles were also blessed with a child: a toddler named Bamm-Bamm who was left on their doorstep with a note. The couple adopted the child and raised him as their own. The reasoning behind their son's name became evident quite early; Bamm-Bamm was incredibly strong and liked to repeatedly slam his favorite club (or people, when they presented a finger) into the ground while yelling, "Bam, bamï¿½ bam, bam!" Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm became close companions from their very first meeting, and later dated as teenagers in the 1971 spin-off series The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show. Another character who arrived late to the series (first appearing in season 6) but had a significant impact on the show's direction was a small, green space man with futuristic powers called The Great Gazoo. Gazoo was exiled from his own time and forced to serve a prehistoric master until he proved he was reformed.

He could only be seen by Fred and Barney (whom he ended up serving) as well as children and animals, and even when his intentions were good caused all sorts of trouble for his Stone Age masters, whom he referred to as "dum-dums." The Flintstones was originally broadcast Friday nights (switched to Thursday nights for the 4th and part of the 5th season) on ABC from September 1960 - September 1966. NBC then rebroadcast the series on Saturday mornings from January 1967 - September 1970. A large number of spin-off series made use of the popular characters in subsequent years. The first of the spin-off series was The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971); followed by The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972); The New Fred and Barney Show (1979); The Flintstones Comedy Show (1980); The Flintstone Kids (1986); and Cave Kids (1996). Not included in the list are a large number of shows that featured reruns of previous series presented under a different title and format.

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Stars: Alan Young, Russi Taylor, Terence McGovern A TV show featuring funny old and new shorts starred by Woody Woodpecker and his friends like Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, inspector Willighby and the Beary family in addition to live cut ... See full summary » Stars: Grace Stafford, Daws Butler, Johnny Coons Edit Storyline This popular animated television cartoon featured two Stone Age families, the Flintstones and their neighbors, the Rubbles. Much of the humor was based on its comic portrayals of modern conveniences, reinterpreted using Stone Age 'technology.' Most notably were their cars, complete with absence of floorboards to allow them to be 'foot-powered.' Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu> 1 May 1960 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia At least six episodes in the series contain identical plot summaries, that were very reminiscent & very identical (but animated) of classic Laurel & Hardy films. The Flintstones: The Flintstone Flyer (1960) heavily resembled Laurel & Hardy's 1931 short film, Be Big! (1931).

The Flintstones: The Split Personality (1960) resembled a Laurel & Hardy's feature, A Chump at Oxford (1940). The Flintstones: The Hot Piano (1961) very deeply resembled the plot summary of Laurel & Hardy's 1932 classic, Academy Award winning short film, The Music Box (1932). The Flintstones: The Buffalo Convention (1962) resembled the classic 1933 Laurel & Hardy's feature Sons of the Desert (1933). The Flintstones: Seeing Doubles (1965) resembled the 1936 Laurel & Hardy's feature Our Relations (1936). "The Flintstones" (1960) {Jealousy (#6.23)}_ very deeply resembled Laurel & Hardy's 1929 silent film That's My Wife (1929). See more » Goofs The bosses of Fred and Barney, both have first name, of George. But their last name keeps changing from Slate to Granite, back & forth, (most like a light switch, turned on or off) throughout season one.

See more » Quotes Barney Rubble : [as Alvin Brickrock returns home to find Barney and Fred in his home] Eddy-frey, when's the op-cays oming-cay? Fred Flintstone : I couldn't ind-fay an op-cay, Arney-bay. See more » Crazy Credits First season episodes incorporated an ad for Winston Cigarettes into the opening credits (this version of the opening was removed for syndication). Due to the decision to use a standard opening and closing for syndicated versions of the episodes, numerous episodes have incorrect closing credits. Sixth & last season episode debuted with, The Flintstones: No Biz Like Show Biz (1965) dropped the "Meet the Flintstones" closing credit song, in favor of footage of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm singing "Let the Sunshine In." (a reminder of Fred Flintstone's dream, earlier in the musical program). See more » Connections The Flintstones (Western Animation) - TV Tropes The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987, Syndication)- As the title implies, The Jetsons meet the Flintstones (and the Rubbles). I Yabba-Dabba Do!

(1993, ABC)- Pebbles and Bamm Bamm get married. Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993, ABC)- Pebbles becomes a mother. A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994, Syndication). As the title implies, the cast stars in a Christmas Carol parody, with Fred in the Ebenezer Scrooge role. This special marked the final time Jean Vander Pyl voiced Wilma. The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001, Cartoon Network)- A prime time feature poking fun at the first season of the original series. In it, Fred and Wilma face marital problems. The Flintstones Stone Age Smack Down (Scheduled for 2015). A WWE Studios collaboration guest-starring John Cena and Vince McMahon . Television specials A Flintstone Christmas (1977, NBC)- A 60-minute special in which Fred and Barney fill in for a sick Santa Claus . Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (1978, CBS). Live-action Crossover of various Hanna-Barbera characters, with Fred as the host.

The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978, NBC)- A 60-minute special in which Fred and Barney coach rival Little League baseball teams. Features pre-teen versions of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm. The Flintstones Meet Rockula And Frankenstone (1980, NBC)- As the title implies, the gang meets parodies of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. The Flintstones' New Neighbors (1980, NBC)- A half-hour special in which the Flintstones put up with their strange new neighbors, the Frankenstones. The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling (1980, NBC)- A half-hour special in which Fred mistakenly thinks he only has 24 hours to live and tries to enjoy life as much as possible. The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981, NBC)- A half-hour special in which Wilma becomes a pitcher for the Bedrock Dodgers. The Flintstones: Jogging Fever (1981, NBC)- A half-hour special in which Fred takes up jogging. Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982, CBS)- 30-minute Crossover with other characters.

Fred and Barney briefly appear, interacting with Snagglepuss. At one point, the duo are asked how they managed to travel to a different century . The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986, CBS)- A live-action 60-minute special commemorating the franchise's 25th birthday. Hosted by Tim Conway and Harvey Korman. The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special (1988, ABC)- Half-hour Anti-Drug Special featuring the Flintstone Kids and a Stone Age version of Michael Jackson . Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (1989, TNT)- A documentary/television special honoring Hanna-Barbera 's 50th anniversary. Hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts and featuring multiple animated HB characters . This special marked the last time Mel Blanc voiced Barney. A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993, ABC)- A half-hour special in which the Flintstones adopt an abandoned child. Live-Action Films The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)- A theatrical live-action prequel to the previous film.

Pinballs The Flintstones (1994). Based on the first live-action film. Video Games Inverted in the first live action movie with regards to Betty. Played straight with Barney and Wilma's mother. Adjective Noun Fred : In Japan the series was called Primitive Family Flintstone. Ageless Birthday Episode : Had several such episodes for Fred (such as "The Swimming Pool"), but averted in the episode where Pebbles has her first birthday. All Animals Are Dogs : Dino is a dinosaur that acts just like a big dog. Anachronism Stew : There are dinosaurs and large mammals living at the same time, along with modern-esque technology and culture. And they celebrate Christmas thousands of years before Christ. Apparently, Fred knows the words to "When the Saints Go Marching In". And can sing it in someone else's voice. The Artifact : Ads for the aforementioned vitamins, being marketed to parents, haven't featured the characters in any form other than what appears on the packaging or the product itself in years (preferring to feature footage of active, healthy-looking kids). Aside Comment : The animals used as part of the Bamboo Technology are likely to do this.

Attractive Bent-Gender : There are at least two episodes where Fred dresses as a woman, and in both someone inexplicably finds him irresistably attractive. (Well, inexplicably if you discount "because it complicates the plot" as a viable reason.) Babysitting Episode : In the Gruesomes' debut episode, Fred and Barney agree to babysit Goblin, whose antics and pets make it near life-threatening. Back to School : When a law has been passed stating Fred's job could not be held by people who didn't finish High School, Fred had to finish it because he owed two weeks of class. Then, in another episode, it's revealed Fred went to college but didn't graduate because he spent most (if not all) of the time playing football. He returned to college but ended up playing football again. Badass Adorable : Bamm-Bamm Rubble could shake an entire house with his club even as a toddler. At times he even got Barney and Uncle Fred out of a pinch with his super strength. Bamboo Technology : What makes The Flintstones any different from just setting it in 1960s America, this trope provides much of the humor after the standard sitcom plots and all the silly names.

Cars? Telephones? Airplanes? They had 'em. Radio? Television? The only reason they didn't have any electronics more advanced than that was because of when the show was made. Later spinoffs and TV movies usually update the technology equivalents to match when the spinoff/movie was made. Thus the late 1970s The New Fred and Barney Show featured CB radios, 80s spinoff The Flintstone Kids featured video games, while the 90s TV movies I Yabba Dabba Do and Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby feature desktop computers, VCRs, CDs and car alarms, and if one takes the Fruity Pebbles commercials as canon , then they actually have not only all that, but also Humongous Mecha . Bedtime Brainwashing : Wilma and Betty tried this on Fred and Barney. In the teenage years spinoffs, Pebbles uses "Yabba-dabba-doozy!" Befitting, as her schemes usually were. "Wiiiiiiiilllmaaaaaaa!!!" (In the cereal commercials) "Barney!!!!!

My Pebbles!!!!" (Followed by Barney making a lame pun based on his latest scheme) Christmas Episode : "Christmas Flintstone". Fred gets a second job at the mall and eventually becomes a Mall Santa . He loves it, but then he gets approached to stand in for a very real, very sick Santa Claus . Childhood Friend Romance : If you go by historic timelines, it could be said that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were the very first pair for this trope. Upon first meeting as babies, they were the best of friends and had many adventures as they grew up together, eventually falling in love, getting married, and having children of their own. It was even lampshaded by Bill and Joe themselves during a cameo appearance at their wedding. Closer to Earth : Wilma is much more mature and level-headed than Fred, who borders on Man Child . Cosmetically Advanced Prequel : The Flintstone Kids compared to the original series. Cousin Oliver : The Gruesomes. They appeared in only two episodes of the original series before disappearing and didn't come back until an episode of The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show .

Early Installment Weirdness : The show in its original run did not feature its famous "Meet the Flintstones" theme song until the third season. Instead, it used an instrumental piece of music that sounded very much like the theme from the concurrent The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show . Which may explain why for decades the syndicated version of the series transplanted the later theme song. Betty had a different hairstyle in the original pilot ("The Flagstones"; itself an example), and in the first episode. In the first season, Mel Blanc played Barney with a nasal, high-pitched lilt that was sort of a cross between Bugs Bunny and his normal speaking voice. When he returned to playing the role after being incapacitated in a car accident ( Daws Butler filled in during his recovery), Mel began playing Barney with a deeper, dopier voice, similar to how Art Carney played Ed Norton on The Honeymooners . Fred was more of a Jerkass in the first few episodes (especially "The Flintstone Flyer"). Fortunately, he mellowed out pretty quickly. Every Proper Lady Should Curtsy : Betty in the Stony Curtis episode. She's playing maid for Wilma who is putting on airs for Stony's arrival.

Everything's Better with Dinosaurs : Because a Flintstones which only used creatures that lived during the Paleolithic wouldn't be nearly as interesting, although those kinds of animals are around as well. Evolving Credits : From the third season onward, with the completely revised "Meet the Flintstones" opening sequence. It began with Fred taking Wilma and the pets for a night out on the town. As the cast continued to grow, Pebbles, Barney, Betty, and Bamm-Bamm (the second and third of whom earned a Promotion to Opening Titles in the process) joined their activities. Expository Theme Tune : "Meet the Flintstones", beginning in the third season. They're the modern Stone Age family... Fan Disservice : Fred and Barney in speedos in the Flintstones: On The Rocks special. Getting Crap Past the Radar : Betty apparently kept her pledge paddle, when asked what it was used for she simply took a big swing and said "Whacko"... Make of that what you will. Wilma is pregnant, so Fred takes her to the hospital, with Barney helping. The two of them semi-carry her to the hospital entrance, which is a revolving door.

Barney is even more nervous than Fred, and takes Wilma through the revolving door so fast that Fred is spun out, and across the street through the revolving door of a hotel. Slamming into the counter, Fred thinks he's in the hospital, so he innocently says to the desk clerk, "I'm looking for my wife, she just came in here with my best friend." Hilarity Ensues . The very fact the Flintstones procreated was a case of this trope, given that this was the early 1960s. The fact they even slept together in the same bedroom was groundbreaking enough; the fact it is implied they had a sex life was unheard of. Remember, when I Love Lucy had Lucy Ricardo become pregnant, this was only because Lucy herself was pregnant and they couldn't stop the show for several months. With an animated series, there was no need other than for story reasons to have Wilma become pregnant. The episode in which Bamm-Bamm is adopted by the Rubbles all but explicitly indicates that either Barney is impotent/sterile, or Betty is unable to conceive children.

Try to name one other animated TV series ever that addressed this issue, and this was at a time when discussing such topics in live-action programs was simply not allowed so don't go looking for a live-action example of such a storyline in this era, either. Meanwhile, there was also the episode in which Dino fell in love with a neighbour's pet dinosaur and by the end of the episode she's pregnant with his puppies... A scene in 70s primetime special "Fred's Final Fling" has Fred at the doctor's office. When the doctor examines his x-ray, Fred jokes "How 'bout that, Doc? Flintstone in an x-ray-ted picture !" And probably the most baffling, blatant and awesome moment ever: Fred and Barney enter a costume store to look for costumes. Fred asks Barney what costume he's gonna get, in which he replies he wants something to make him look tall. Fred suggests another head, cue audience laughing. Barney answers: "A head? What do I need THREE of them for?" Cue (canned) audience laughing louder.

When Fred and Barney accidentally enlist in the army, Wilma asks "How do they always manage to bollocks things up?" (Note: this one is an error. In US slang the word "bollox" - note spelling - meant "mess". It is not related to the later slang term for testicles.) One episode opens with Fred and Barney discussing their television watching. At one point, Fred asks Barney: "How's your antenna?" Barney smirks and says: "Just fine, Fred! How's yours?" Fred looks fairly offended afterwards. Make of that what you will... See Accidental Pervert above. Gilligan Cut : Happened quite a lot, and like F Troop before it, uses here also predate the Trope Namer. God for a Day : Well, more like "Boss For A Day" when Fred is envious of his boss and the Great Gazoo turns him into a boss. He finds that it's actually a burden, since he has to deal with higher-ups, stay late in meetings, etc. Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress : So many of Fred's schemes end in him falling or having things fall on him.

Hair Reboot : In the episode featuring Stony Curtis , when Wilma quickly gets herself cleaned up to meet the celebrity, four quick strokes of her brush are all that is needed to bring her hair to its usual style. Happily Adopted : Bamm-Bamm is notable for being one of the first examples on a cartoon. Happily Married : Both couples, but Barney and Betty are portrayed more often this way than Fred and Wilma, especially when the latter have marital issues. Helping Granny Cross the Street : There's an episode where they and the Rubbles end up camping with a group of Boy Scouts. In one scene, a pair of boys "help" (she didn't need it) walk Betty across the camp. When Betty tells the second boy he already walked her, he tells her she only counts half as much as an old lady. Henpecked Husband : Put it this way: don't make Wilma and Betty (or every other wife on the show) angry!

Hypocritical Humor : "Wilma, I've told you a million times, don't exaggerate!" In the episode The Sweepstakes ticket Wilma and Betty don't tell the boys about it, for fear that they will go and charge everything in town...when they had done the exact same thing when Fred bought a sweepstakes ticket the previous year. Identical Stranger : Fred's lookalikes J.L. Gotrocks (in "The Tycoon") and Rock Slag (in The Man Called Flintstone movie). Plus there's his robot doppelgangers in "Ten Little Flintstones". Incessant Chorus : The end of "The Hot Piano" involves Barney and a troupe of policemen who keep singing "Happy Anniversary" to Fred and Wilma, much to Fred's annoyance. Incessant Music Madness : Fred and Wilma find the perfect maid/cook, and everybody's happy—except that Fred keeps singing (badly) an inane song he made up. The hired help finally quits. Fred: Oh, Lola Brigada/Your food I dig-ada!

Inexplicably Awesome : It's never explained why Bamm-Bamm has super strength—at least, not in any of the animations ( The Movie with John Goodman explained it as a Raised By Mastadons situation). Injury Bookend : In an early episode, Fred gets hit in the head with a bottle. When he comes to, he becomes a "formal" personality who insists on being called "Frederick", but who ends up of being a bit too sickeningly sweet. Eventually, Wilma and the others decide We Want Our Jerk Back , so he is hit in the head again. Ink-Suit Actor : James Darren, Tony Curtis, Ann-Margret, Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York gave voice to their cartoon likenesses on the show. Shameful Shrinking : Happened quite often: In one episode, Fred goes to Mr. Slate's office after attending a masquerade party where he thinks he was schmoozing up to Slate, expecting a pay raise. Instead, Fred discovers that Slate was the guy at the party to whom he was bad-mouthing the boss, and as Slate hurls back the insults he gave him, Fred gets smaller and smaller.

This after he had told Barney to "Think big and be big." In another episode (titled "My Fair Freddy"), Fred, under the tutelage of the Great Gazoo (who for once isn't using magic to help him), does ballet in a tutu. He unknowingly attracts attention from various people throughout Bedrock, even those from the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes . Fred finishes and discovers he had been watched the whole time, and promptly shrinks. Another example: after Fred and Barney go behind Wilma and Betty's backs, quitting their jobs, opening their own drive-in restaurant, and hiring cute waitresses, neither Wilma nor Betty let them live it down, and embarrass them by re-enacting the waitress' song-and-dance routine at dinner, causing Fred and Barney to shrink in humiliation. Fred: Well, Barney, it's like you said, some wives will find a way to make a guy feel small. Barney: Yeah, ain't it the truth. for The Man Called Flintstone is a parody of the Our Man Flint poster ◊ . The movie in general is a shout out to various spy movies and tropes.

Show Within a Show : Several; none particularly important or prominent — just parodies of then-current shows. Captain Caveman comes to mind , in Flintstone Kids. Sincerest Form of Flattery : Hanna-Barbera openly admitted that the show was inspired by The Honeymooners . Naturally, Jackie Gleason, who starred in The Honeymooners, thought the resemblance was too close for comfort so he almost filed a plagiarism suit against Hanna-Barbera. His lawyers actually talked him out of it, knowing that he'd win and fearing Gleason would thereafter be known only as "the guy who killed The Flintstones". Sleeping Single : The early seasons; although the show was the first animated show to portray a married couple sharing a bed later on. Smoking Is Cool : During the first couple of seasons, Winston Cigarettes sponsored The Flintstones (the show itself, although always family friendly, was originally meant to appeal to adult audiences), and the commercials had the four lead characters extolling the virtues of said cigarettes. In the actual show, there was rarely any smoking (usually cigars, which are easier to animate), and never by any of the main characters.

The only time this occurred was in a few rare animated commercials for Winston which could easily be snipped out from reruns. Spinoff Babies : The Flintstones Kids, the largely forgotten Cave Kids Spin-Offspring : The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show. The Sponsor : Fred Flintstone once joined Eaters Anonymous, and his sponsor would grab whatever food Fred got a hold on while giving the group's secret call, "Gobble, gobble, gobble!" Stay in the Kitchen : Like a lot of men at the time this show first aired, Fred believes a woman's place is in the home (mainly so he can have someone to cook for him when he gets home). He even shows dissatisfaction with more women working and having equal rights to men in the 1980s special Wind Up Wilma. There Is Only One Bed : Subverted in "A Haunted House Is Not a Home" in which involved Fred and Barney having to share a bed. After Barney complains about it, the bed is split in half. Averted in "The House Guest" with the Rubbles staying at Fred's house for a few nights.

The women sleep in the double bed without comment, but Fred and Barney keep quibbling over who gets the couch and who has to struggle lying across two side chairs. Title Sequence Replacement : The famous "Meet the Flintstones" theme song and title sequence was not introduced until the third season. Early seasons featured an instrumental theme called "Rise and Shine". In syndication, the opening and closing credits were standardized to "Meet the Flintstones" — even if the actual credits themselves were erroneous. The original Title Sequence was not widely circulated again until it appeared on the Cartoon Network reruns and the series was subsequently released on DVD. Syndicated versions of some later episodes substitute a closing credits sequence featuring Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm singing "Let the Sunshine In" in lieu of the regular closing. Ugly Guy, Hot Wife : Both couples. Except in the 1994 Live-Action Adaptation where Betty was played by Rosie O'Donnell.note And only because she was able to do Betty's trademark laugh, which is admittedly a difficult vocal tic to pull off. Every couple to appear on the show, really, with the exception of the second generation of the leads.

Unto Us a Son and Daughter Are Born : Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm eventually got married and had fraternal twins... much to the surprise of Fred and Barney who were expecting them to have only one child (Fred wanted a boy, Barney a girl). Uptown Girl : When Fred and Barney first met Wilma and Betty, the four of them were holding summer jobs at a hotel but a series of misunderstandings caused Fred and Barney to think the girls were wealthy guests and the girls to think the boys were wealthy guests. , a Pac-Man clone. Weirdness Censor : The human characters rarely acknowledge that the animal appliances talk, though this may simply be that they're so used to it that they barely notice. There are a couple of rare occasions where Fred, Wilma or one of the regulars actually do talk back to the animals. What the Hell, Hero? : When Fred loses his patience with Betty and Barney coming around every night since Pebbles came and yells at them, Wilma angrily chews him out for being possessive of Pebbles and points out that the Rubbles have not been blessed with a child, prompting him to go and apologize.

Wild Child : Bamm-Bamm, in the live action film, was found with wild mastadons. Wraparound Background : One of the most famous examples, and is cited whenever the technique is lampshaded.

Question: What is Fred Flintstone's wife called?
Answer: Wilma